Thank you for sending your enquiry! One of our team members will contact you shortly.
Thank you for sending your booking! One of our team members will contact you shortly.
Course Outline
Introduction
- The necessity of business models
- Developing modeling skills
Defining the Modeling Scope
- Understanding what a business model entails
- Differentiating between textual and diagrammatic components
- Distinguishing scope from the level of detail
Establishing a Business Model Development Process
- Implementing the steps: elicitation, analysis, documentation, and validation
- Iterating through these steps
- Facilitating requirements workshops
- Aligning models with deliverables
Exploring the Multidimensional Aspects of a Business Model
- Utilizing the five Ws framework: who, what, where, when, why, and how
- Selecting the appropriate modeling approach
- Utilizing CASE tools and simulation
Mapping the Business Landscape
- Analyzing the enterprise
- Investigating enterprise architecture
- Breaking down the architecture into its constituent parts
- Applying a Component Business Model
Implementing Business Rules
- Documenting constraints: operational and structural
- Representing rules using decision tables
- Defining Business Functions
Beginning with Functional Decomposition
- Establishing functional hierarchies
- Differentiating between functions and processes
Creating UML Use Case Diagrams
- Defining scope and boundaries
- Identifying actors
- Refining use cases
Documenting Business Use Cases
- Choosing the appropriate level of detail
- Specifying preconditions and post-conditions
- Modeling Business Processes
Applying Process Modeling Techniques
- Workflows
- Events
- Activities
- Decisions
- Sequencing
- Messaging
- Roles
Leveraging Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN)
- Advantages of a standardized approach
- Sequencing and classifying activities
- Categorizing events
- Emulating a Business Process
Refining Business Process Diagrams
- Selecting appropriate gateways: decisions, forks, and joins
- Mapping processes to swimlanes and pools
- Enhancing the model with artifacts
Analyzing Enterprise Structure
- Defining the business domain
- Documenting personnel and organizational units
- Modeling systems, documents, information, and tools
Structuring the Enterprise with UML Class Diagrams
- Determining object attributes
- Establishing generalization and specialization relationships
- Constructing associations between classes
- Organizing packages by domain and functional unit
Finalizing the Business Model
- Achieving comprehensive coverage through matrices
- Prioritizing features
- Cross-referencing requirements
- Correlating behavior with roles
Contextualizing the Model with Perspectives
- Documenting business interfaces
- Mapping means to ends
- Capturing time parameters
Communicating the Model to Key Stakeholders
- Understanding your audience
- Selecting the appropriate level of detail
- Choosing the right model for the intended audience
- Translating business models into user requirements
- Delivering your models
Requirements
Familiarity with Windows is required; knowledge of Object-Oriented (OO) technology is beneficial.
21 Hours
Testimonials (1)
Professional knowledge from the market provided by an expert
